RANT! whats with people driving up your rear?

I slow down to try to let people pass... Sometimes I tap the brakes to scare them off, though my wife has had someone road rage at her and come up and bang on her window and mouth off at the next set of lights for doing this.
 
Matt82 said:
small dot treatment is good, but i doubt it makes these people understand what theyre doing

they are probably posting on a forum now about they follow morons who insist on driving like nutters booting it everywhere.
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I'd rather be a moron who boots it occasionally in a fast car whilst driving safely, than a chode in a Vauxhall Astra 1.7 diesel who drive 3.5 inches from the person in front who is doing the speed limit through villages/towns. :)

It annoys me because you know that if something ran out in front of you and you had to do an emergency stop, with good brakes and good tyres, you'd stop on a knife edge. However the **** behind you with Lingwang tyres would be still travelling at 30mph when they hit you. Not only that, but the idiot who tail gates distracts me as i'm watching what he's doing.
 
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thewanted said:
I do this. I'm not ruining my suspension for anyone.
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Me to. Some of the speed bumps round here are shocking, especially the pointed corner ones! I have to slow to below 10MPH.

We have a woman at work who finds it a good idea to be about 2 feet behind the car in front(which on ocassions is me) I really don't know how she hasn't had an accident yet. I really don't know why people do it, i personally don't feel comfortable at all driving so close to somebody.
 
Vonhelmet said:
I slow down to try to let people pass... Sometimes I tap the brakes to scare them off, though my wife has had someone road rage at her and come up and bang on her window and mouth off at the next set of lights for doing this.
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I'm surprised it took that for you to realise brake testing people isn't a great idea.
 
Duke said:
I'm surprised it took that for you to realise brake testing people isn't a great idea.
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I'm surprised it took that for you to realise that the world contains retards who, when driving so badly that brake testing impacts them, will actually approach you and claim it is your fault, rather than realising they are the uneducated scum of the universe, deserving of pain and death, and that they are carrearing towards the day when they come up against someone who isn't intimidated and will deservedly have their teeth removed against thier own bumpers.

FTFY
 
Jamsames said:
so i carried on at 30mph in both the 60mph limited section and then 30mph in the 40mph section and then to be on the safe side with me living on a busy estate i slowed to 20mph even though its still legal to do 30mph.
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Odd how he didn't overtake but, for doing significantly under the limit what did you bloody expect ?

30mph @ 60 mph limit is quite frankly disgusting behavior. (imho)


//Rant What's with people driving significantly under the limit to annoy everyone ?
Same type of people who walk extremely slow in the mall I bet.


Again though, why he wouldn't overtake is a mystery, usually the ones on your bumper are eager to overtake as soon as they get the chance.
 
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Not a lot you can do really. If your doing the speed limit and it's a single carriage way just ignore them.

Having power on tap I have to resist the urge to boot it and create a gap, but they never get the hint and eventually come back to 2" behind you.
 
snowdog said:
30mph @ 60 mph limit is quite frankly disgusting behavior. (imho)
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In the scenario the OP describes, if he has to perform an emergency stop at 60, he IS going to get rear ended. At 30, the risk is massivley reduced, both of the accident happening and the damage taken if it does.

So, basically, refusing to accept the risk of a very serious accident, a risk that someone else is causing, in order to travel faster is disgusting behavior? Remind me never to get in a car with you...
 
Linkex said:
In the scenario the OP describes, if he has to perform an emergency stop at 60, he IS going to get rear ended. At 30, the risk is massivley reduced, both of the accident happening and the damage taken if it does.

So, basically, refusing to accept the risk of a very serious accident, a risk that someone else is causing, in order to travel faster is disgusting behavior? Remind me never to get in a car with you...
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Because on average you do many emergency stops per day ?

Yes it is disgusting behaviour, which is punishable here (wonder if there's a similar law in the UK) with ''article 5'' ( hindering traffic ) and people with extreme low speeds like this have been fined or even lost their license before for causing danger. You could also easily consider 30@ 60mph as provocation. Others don't expect people to do 30 mph in a 60 mph zone.
 
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snowdog said:
Because on average you do many emergency stops per day ?
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The very name "emergency" implies it's not an everyday occurrence, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't drive in a way which takes into account the possibility.

Also, if the chance of having to do an emergency stop is so slight (as you seem to be implying), why are we taught to always keep a safe distance and why are there so many instances of cars being rear-ended? I'd rather **** off some idiot who can't drive than risk an accident resulting in guaranteed increased insurance premiums, and potential injury.

I'd also imagine the idiot driving inches off your bumper would be far more likely to be punished than you would for maintaining a safe speed for the conditions.



Off-topic: stop stealing my cars! (used to have a Galant, then a Legnum, now a Lolvo V40 :p)
 
snowdog said:
Because on average you do many emergency stops per day ?
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The point, as said, is that you don't know when you'll have to do an emergency stop. You don't get in the car thinking "I'll have to do an emergency stop today when a fridge falls off an overpass, so I'd better be driving carefully in readiness for that."

snowdog said:
Yes it is disgusting behaviour, which is punishable here (wonder if there's a similar law in the UK) with ''article 5'' ( hindering traffic ) and people with extreme low speeds like this have been fined or even lost their license before for causing danger. You could also easily consider 30@ 60mph as provocation. Others don't expect people to do 30 mph in a 60 mph zone.
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I think there is something they can charge you with, but I forget what... It's a long time since I had that discussion...
 
Linkex said:
In the scenario the OP describes, if he has to perform an emergency stop at 60, he IS going to get rear ended. At 30, the risk is massivley reduced, both of the accident happening and the damage taken if it does.

So, basically, refusing to accept the risk of a very serious accident, a risk that someone else is causing, in order to travel faster is disgusting behavior? Remind me never to get in a car with you...
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Drive everywhere at 10mph.

The risk is even further reduced!
 
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